Felicia Day Giveaway – The Guild Official Companion Book

A few weeks ago I received a mystery e-mail from a marketing executive at Titan Books, I was being given the chance to review Felicia Day’s new book The Guild: The Official Companion. I nearly fell out of my seat when I saw that line and got so excited that I did a little happy dance. At first I couldn’t figure out how or why he picked my blog out, but then I remembered that back in March at Emerald City Comic Con, I met Felicia Day and ended up networking with her a bit. I was so happy to know that something came of it.

This is the ultimate book for anyone who is a fan of The Guild web-series, it is full of behind-the-scenes photos, interview, sketches and drawings and hilarious stories that you wouldn’t hear otherwise. One of my favorite bits comes from the first time Felicia Day and Will Wheaton (spoiler!) met IRL to discuss plans of him being in the show. He says, ” She told me how she’d created this character who was the leader of a rival guild. ‘He’s a douchebag in a kilt,’ she said. That was pretty much all I needed to hear, and I signed on immediately.

One thing that I found really great about this book was how real and down-to-earth it brought the characters of the show to be. In the introduction, Felicia talks about how the creation of the Guild came about and I found out that she was actually addicted to WoW (World of Warcraft) and ended up quitting cold turkey in order to work on the show.

This was actually one of my favorite photos in the book because it is actually what got me interesting in the show in the first place. I had heard of Felicia Day from Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog, but hadn’t really seen what other work she had done. Along came the music video, “Do You Want to Date My Avatar?” and I was hooked. This video is a hilarious spoof of MMORPG’s and pop music. Watch it below and see what I mean:

If you are a veteran of MMO-gaming you will find that video to be spot on. To find a great acoustic version of the video (featuring Felicia Day), click here. All-in-all this book is one of the best behind-the-scenes books I’ve encountered. It has lots of information that I wouldn’t have known otherwise and I’m having a lot of fun flipping through and seeing the artwork and photos. And now it’s time for you to participate. I was lucky enough to get two copies of The Guild: The Official Companion and I want you to get involved. Jump below this awesome Guild artwork to find out the guidelines.

Favorite character is a toss up between Clara and Vork. Vork’s dry-pan delivery kills me whenever he’s awkwardly on screen about as much as Clara’s insanely screwed up relationship with her kids and Mr. Wiggly.

Hey! Spotted a link to your blog over on Reddit (/r/theguild) so thought I’d throw my hat in the ring for the Companion Book! Also poked around your FB page after liking it.. love that you make soaps! Handmade goodies like that are my weakness 🙂

Robin Thorsen’s character, Clara, is definitely my favorite. She’s hilariously oblivious to everything going on around her… a great reminder to me that I need to remember to pay attention to the kids no matter how hooked I get on a game!!

This is fantastic! I would love this book. Great post! It’s awesome when you put yourself out there and really cool things happen. One though his name is Wil, with one “L”, because, well just because it’s his name.

*embarassed grin* I knew that! *shifty look* Thanks for the correction. I was typing late at night and that’s the story I’m going with. I was really scared to talk to her but then I realized she is a person just like any of us!

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